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S03 E07 - In The Loop (w/ Mollie Goodfellow)
How do you follow a massive film with a fantastic and well-informed guest? Do another one straight away! This week we are joined by the brilliant TV writer, journalist, podcaster, and comedian Mollie Goodfellow to talk about one of the greatest sitcoms of the 21st century, The Thick of It, and the film it spawned, In The Loop. Make sure young ears are out of shot because this is a sweary one… and that’s just Rob and Guy’s thoughts on Alistair Campbell! We look at Armando Iannucci’s magnum opus as the man behind so many enduring TV comedy classics of the 90s. With inspiration from endorsing Yes Minister on Britain’s Best Sitcom in 2004, he took on the political establishment, turning it into his big-screen directorial debut and subsequently hit HBO political comedy Veep. Not since Michael Rimmer have we tackled satire. We ask if there is any weight to the claim that you can’t make this kind of comedy anymore because of the state of politics today and whether New Labour 2.0 would even allow itself to be sent up in the same way it was in its original iteration’s death knell in the late 00s. We hope it’s not too much of an omnishambles as Britcom Goes to the Movies presents In The Loop! The Thick of It – Insults https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcuww9Einc The Thick of It – Tim in Ruislip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xcVov-UL4Q The Thick of It – Nicknames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMNHu9YM-4 The Thick of It – Blinky Ben Swain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNjevGdB5g In the Loop – The Culture Show with Alistair Campbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcFaizGw860 In The Loop – Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU2qRg5zLI In The Loop – Jamie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jr731Mhxkg In the Loop – Don’t Call Me English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySD0u4RXXcI Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S03 E06 - Monty Python & The Holy Grail (w/ Jeremy Dyson)
Over halfway through our third series, and it’s time to tackle a behemoth! Monty Python’s Flying Circus has been a comedy touchstone for pretty much every comedian and comedy writer to come after, including our guest for this episode. Jeremy Dyson is one quarter of The League of Gentlemen and has written for countless other comedy shows as well as writing and directing for the big screen. In fact, in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, he made his very own TV sitcom to cinema spin-off, so Rob and Guy couldn’t be joined by anyone more appropriate for some expert insight. As a huge fan of the Python’s, Jeremy joined to talk about his favourite of their movies; The Holy Grail, as well as Monty Python’s Flying Circus and how it has informed and influenced his work. Where do we start with such a critical and fan favourite? Endlessly quoted, constantly in the upper echelons of all-time movie lists, and helmed by a director who would go on to be considered one of the best to ever make films. This is a film that would be challenging for the top spot, but where will it end up? Listen and find out! Monty Python – Piranha Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1Yq2aS5FM Monty Python – Spanish Inquisition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o Help! I’m a Fish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobKrS63DEk Monty Python and the Holy Grail Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRkGvhXc8w Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Knights Who Say Ni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Brave Sir Robin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S03 E05 - Up 'n' Under (1998)
Could episode 5 be where you find your heaven? Well, if you get that musical reference, then perhaps so. Guy and Rob are going all in on the 90s nostalgia. A Samantha Janus odyssey covering Game On, with its groundbreaking attitudes, jarring cast changes, and "skunk pussies," followed by Up 'n' Under, the John Godber play turned 90s BritCom. Hot off the heels of the Full Monty, this Yorkshire set (but not filmed) Rugby League comedy took advantage of the cream of TV comedy acting at the time. Not just the aforementioned Janus, but 2.4 Children's Gary Olsen, Men Behaving Badly's Neil Morrissey, not to mention John Thompson, Griff Rhys Jones, and a whole load more. Join us for our first play adaptation and stay for the quiz, where Guy would have to do some serious winning to cancel out last week's thrashing. Game On - Opening Credits https://youtu.be/liKGRdQaeMQ?si=lNOt0Aw0aV8lyoJg Game On - New Matthew https://youtu.be/pF6qzf9kjoc?si=PaDAbxAOoZCz6xHe Game On - Chris https://youtu.be/upNH7iFpTRs?si=I65B_Wedtkiqhbdn Samantha Janus on Eurovision https://youtu.be/nYU_3l0-hVo?si=CIcedIxkW1QKV2Sv Mad About Alice - Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPI34P65Cc The Grimleys - Pilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzFHmtLNkC0 Up n Under - Trailer https://youtu.be/Qt0lfv6vW3M?si=usTkR5ANl0vkn-jp Up n Under - Full Movie https://youtu.be/6DHTxuflkNM?si=r5wOI8w1qv-j4nma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S03 E04 - Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Rob and Guy Love Simon Pegg. That was clear for all to hear in our episode on Shaun of the Dead. After that movie he became hot property and Hollywood came calling. After a Mission Impossible and with Star Trek to come, Pegg’s showbiz mate David Schwimmer, star of arguably the biggest Ameri-Com Friends, was directing a British set, US written Rom-Com, and wanted Pegg as his leading man. Problem is, how do you make an alter-jilter layabout tosspot seem loveable? If anyone can do it... Pegg is joined by an abundance of British comedy and acting talent. From Thandiwe Newton to Simon Day, some American muscle in the shape of Hank Azaria and once again joining forces with Dylan Moran to create a cast to die for... And that’s before we even get to cameos from Stephen Merchant, David Walliams and a host more. However, how likely was a movie originally to be set in the US and written and directed by Americans to grasp that Britcom sensibility? Join Rob and Guy as they find out. It’s not just Run Fatboy Run that we’ll be discussing in episode 4. The ground-breaking sketch show, which gave Pegg an early break, will also go under the microscope as iconic sketches such as The Staring Contest, Smug Man Who Can’t Open Doors, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince preying upon Jockeys in the wild and a host more. So get on Episode 4! Run Fatboy Run Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnJkCPpIngs Run Fatboy Run – Blister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYt28vX954w Big Train – Join the Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAqR-Hs9II Big Train – Chaka Khan vs the BeeGees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZDFv0aTlk Big Train – Sexy Puppet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQWm2Hq2xM 30 Rock – David Schwimmer as Greenzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyMs2xox_hE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S03 E03 - Bedazzled (w/ John Dorney)
You may remember that Rob and Guy covered Peter Cook in quite some detail in our episode on the Rise & Rise of Michael Rimmer with our guest, Tom Salinsky of Best Pick Pod. Well, now we are talking about Cook & Moore as a duo, focusing mainly on Not Only But Also and, of course, our film for this week, Bedazzled. Rather neatly, another host of Best Pick joins us for the 1967 Faustian adaptation. John Dorney gets involved with our Pete & Dud-centric episode. Bedazzled, also starring Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, and Barry Humphries, is the first film we have covered on Britcom Goes to the Movies, which has a Hollywood remake. Much as the idea of a Tom Cruise-starring remake of On The Buses would excite us, it simply doesn’t exist! To Rob and Guy’s shame, they didn’t watch the remake, but luckily our guest did and was more than happy to fill us in on that as well. Tom Salinksy and Jess Regan (the other two presenters of Best Pick) had chosen movies that shot straight to number one on our League table (although neither Michael Rimmer nor Sightseers stayed there), so could John continue this trend? Could Guy eat into Rob’s quiz lead with John’s questions on Cook & Moore? Find out by listening to episode 3! Bedazzled Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsyqpUP1knQ Bedazzled – Leaping Nuns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK9kg-Ngz0Q Bedazzled - Drimble Wedge & the Vegetation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnoWb88Jr4 Not Only But Also with Peter Sellers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWKZ79jUl3U Pete & Dud – Greta Garbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLh3Dck0D9g Naked Gun 33 1/3 – Raquel Welch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PA0Qje9G8 Bedazzled (200 remake) Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpLEU2YKzc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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